UBUNTU-CVE-2017-6967

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2017-6967

    Published: 17 Mar 2017Last Modified: 4 Feb 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2017-6967
    Aliases:
    USN-4815-1

    Summary:

    Details: xrdp 0.9.1 calls the PAM function auth_start_session() in an incorrect location, leading to PAM session modules not being properly initialized, with a potential consequence of incorrect configurations or elevation of privileges, aka a pam_limits.so bypass.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-6967, https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xrdp/+bug/1672742, https://github.com/neutrinolabs/xrdp/issues/350, https://github.com/neutrinolabs/xrdp/pull/694, https://github.com/neutrinolabs/xrdp/pull/696, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-6967, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4815-1

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: xrdp

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/[email protected]+esm1?arch=source&distro=trusty/esm

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -0.6.0-1ubuntu0.1+esm1

    Affected versions

    0.6.0-1
    0.6.0-1ubuntu0.1

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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